The Howdy Glossary

HP Time-Shared BASIC is a programming language developed in the 1960s. This version of BASIC was designed to run on early time-sharing systems that allowed many users to interact with a mainframe computer simultaneously. It was created by HP, who introduced it as one of the first popular implementations of the Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (BASIC). The language provided simple syntax and built-in commands for numerical and string manipulation on Hewlett-Packard's time-sharing systems. HP Time-Shared BASIC contributed greatly to making programming more accessible during its time and also facilitated the development of applications across different industries that could be used on early interactive computing platforms.